Alexander M.M. Uballez is an American lawyer serving as the

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for the

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Education

Uballez earned a

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from

Pomona College Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became ...

in 2008 and a

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from the

Columbia University School of Law Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...

in 2011.

Career

In 2011, Uballez served as a fellow in the New Jersey State Attorney General's Office. From 2011 to 2012, he served as an assistant district attorney for the First Judicial District Attorney's Office in Santa Fe. From 2012 to 2016, he was an assistant district attorney in the Second Judicial District Attorney's office in

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. Since 2016, he has served as an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico.

U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico

On January 26, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Uballez to be the United States attorney for the District of New Mexico. On January 31, 2022, his nomination was sent to the

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. On May 12, 2022, his nomination was reported out of committee by

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. On May 17, 2022, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by

. He was sworn in on May 24, 2022.

References

External links

Biography at U.S. Department of Justice
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